Human resources (HR), sometimes called by a different name such as People Operations, is an important part of any organization. Ultimately, an organization is defined by the people in it. HR manages the logistics, guiding them to shape the organization. In recent years, the face of work has changed. Jobs…

Digital transformation has changed the idea of a workforce. Businesses are now under more pressure to upskill and reskill their employees in order to address new challenges from the pandemic. The shortage of professional software developers on the market has led to the growth of citizen development culture. More and…

In 2021, digital transformation was the name of the game. In response to the challenges presented by the pandemic, industries honed in on adopting digital solutions while identifying untapped potential in the digital marketplace. Automation played a key role in the digital transformation occurring across industries. …

Last year, businesses were deeply concerned about how to survive COVID-19. In many instances, the fast-paced adoption of digital technology turned out to be key to the businesses’ survival. As 2021 ends, and with more people getting vaccinated globally, it’s important to assess how long the post-COVID recovery will take…

Usually, whenever somebody wants to start building an HTTP API for their website, they pretty much exclusively use REST as the go-to architectural style. They prefer REST to alternative approaches such as RPC and GraphQL. REST works well for most cases, especially if you build a monolithic application that does…

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are a popular tool used in deep learning. In an artificial neural network, data is passed through a data structure designed as a multi-layered series of connected nodes. This data structure is loosely based on the structure of an animal's nervous system. …

A couple of years ago, the website Quora.com — originally a question-answering website — came out with another feature called Spaces. Quora Spaces are collaborative blogs, similar to Reddit subreddits. On Spaces, writers can ask and answer questions, as well as make short or long blog-style posts. They can also…

Seven hundred miles from Athens, Greece, or about the distance from New York to Chicago, is Lebanon — a country that is known for its cosmopolitanism, cuisine, nightlife, natural beauty, and Phoenician heritage. Its cedars are mentioned dozens of times in the Bible, which says the wood was used to…

Some months ago, I read the most absurd article in the Daily Mail. It was about a group of people who made a write-up suggesting that Western-style sheet music notation should be abolished because of its association with colonialism, as part of how Oxford University might overhaul its music curriculum. …